Italian Slow Cooked Pork Chops In Tomato Sauce With Green Beans Food

SAUCY ITALIAN SLOW COOKER PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
• Season pork chops with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Sear pork chops in skillet for 2-3 minutes per side, just to form a crust. Transfer pork chops to slow cooker.
• Add remaining ingredients (including remaining salt and pepper) to the slow cooker and stir to combine.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, until pork chops are tender and cooked through.
• Serve over spaghetti or fettuccine noodles with sauce spooned on top, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley, if desired.

ITALIAN SLOW COOKED PORK CHOPS IN TOMATO SAUCE WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in either a dutch oven or pot
• Cut onion into quarters. Peel garlic cloves.
• Add onion and garlic in oil.
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
• Brown pork chops on each side.
• Pour peeled tomatoes into bowl. Squeeze with hand to crush.
• If using slow cooker, add tomatoes to crock pot. Add Chops. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours.
• If using dutch oven, cook everything in dutch oven, add tomatoes, white wine.
• Add 1 teaspoon sea salt and a few grinds of black pepper.
• If the sauce looks too thick add a half cup water.
• Cook on very low for three hours either at 300 degrees in oven or on lowest possible burner on top of stove, stirring occasionally.
• If you want to add in green beans, trim and cook with the sauce.
• Discard the onion, garlic and carrot before serving.

TOMATO-TOPPED ITALIAN PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown chops in oil in batches. Transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray. Saute onion and carrot in drippings until tender. Stir in the tomatoes, vinaigrette and oregano; pour over chops., Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, brown pork chops on both sides.
• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the mushrooms, onion and garlic. Top with the pork chops.
• In a bowl, combine the tomato sauce, lemon juice, salt, oregano, basil and parsley. Pour over pork. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender.
• Remove pork and keep warm. Transfer mushroom mixture to a saucepan. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water until smooth; add to saucepan.
• Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve over the pork chops. Garnish with green pepper rings if desired.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN PORK CHOPS WITH POTATOES AND GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Combine all Italian Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well to combine.
• Place pork chops in slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Pour dressing over pork chops. Place potatoes on top of the pork in a single layer, sprinkling with a little more salt if desired.
• Cover and slow cook on low for 9-10 hours, or until pork is tender and falling apart, and the potatoes are cooked all the way through.
• Wash and trim the green beans. Fill a shallow pot or pan (that will fit a steamer basket) with about 2 inches of water. Bring to a boil. Add green beans to a steamer basket and place over the boiling water. Cover with a lid and steam until the beans are bright green, about 3-5 minutes.
• As soon as the beans are done, remove them from the pot so they stop cooking. Immediately sprinkle with about 1/2 teaspoon fine salt and toss well. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN-STYLE PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Combine garlic, salt, basil, oregano and red pepper flakes in small bowl; rub over roast.
• Place half of onion slices into slow cooker. Cut roast in half to fit into slow cooker. Place one half of roast over onion slices; top with remaining onion slices and other half of roast. Pour pasta sauce over roast. Cover; cook on LOW 8 to 9 hours until roast is fork tender.
• Remove roast from cooking liquid; tent with foil. Let liquid in slow cooker stand 5 minutes to allow fat to rise. Skim off fat.
• Stir beans into liquid. Cover; cook on HIGH 10 to 15 minutes or until beans are hot. Cut pork. Serve with beans mixture and garnish wi fresh basil, if desired.
• I did not use the beans, so I used corn starch to thicken the liquid and spooned it over the rice and pork.

CROCK POT TOMATO PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Lightly salt and pepper both sides of the pork chops and place them into the crock pot.
• Top with sliced onion, then brown sugar and thyme.
• Pour the undrained stewed tomatoes over top.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.